#48C8B9#48C8B9

#48C8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8B9
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -38.37, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 38.47, 184.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.113 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.113 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0797, 46.1856, 53.1136)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8B9 #C84857

analogous

#48C879 #48C8B9 #4897C8

triadic

#48C8B9 #B948C8 #C8B948

tetradic

#48C8B9 #7948C8 #C84857 #97C848

square

#48C8B9 #7948C8 #C84857 #97C848

split-complementary

#48C8B9 #C84897 #C87948

monochromatic

#23736A #31A295 #48C8B9 #77D6CB #A6E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#48C8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8B9

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8B9	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9ce',
    500: '#48c8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8b9;
$custom-light: #8ad9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.969,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75892,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8B9

secondary

#D19AA1

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8B9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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